STUDY FINDS JOB STRESS OFTEN STARTS AT THE TOP

Knight-Ridder NewspapersCHICAGO TRIBUNE

Whoever said that ''hell is other people'' would applaud a recent study of stress at work that just appeared in the Journal of Employment Counseling. Researchers at the University of Houston asked 101 working people--60 men and 41 women--to rank 26 ''work events'' according to how stressful they are. As might be expected, the boss is at the heart of job stress for virtually all these people, with ''lack of support from boss'' ranked as the most stressful work event.

Other people-related stressors include ''poor relationship with boss,''